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December 07, 2017 (Thursday) - Good press isn't always easy to come by, even when actively sought. Thus, when it rains down like unsolicited manna, record label executives and their scribal minions tend to call it a “very good day.” The Guildwater Group extends considerable thanks to the musician Derek Hoke, the magazine B-Sides & Badlands, and its editor Jason Scott, who is also the author of an article that appeared in those very same pages, dated the 25th of October, 2017, an article which took note of Thayer Sarrano and her album Shaky. Let’s unravel this one for our readers, shall we?

Derek Hoke is an East Nashville based singer-songwriter musician who recently released a new record, entitled Bring the Flood, his fourth. It features contributions from the likes of Elizabeth Cook, Langhorne Slim, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and Luther Dickinson. It also boasts a production credit from Dex Green. For those in the know -- and we feign ourselves to rank amongst the cognoscenti on occasion, even though we are but humble monks who shun vainglory -- this is a veritable Rhinestone Cowboy of a Star-Studded East Nashvillian Cast. (R.I.P. Glen Campbell, worthy pal of Alice Cooper.)

Derek Hoke, much to his credit, recently put together a Spotify Playlist of significant female artists currently active around the Cumberland River. Many thanks to Hoke for his curation, and for featuring Thayer Sarrano amongst that number. Of Sarrano, Hoke writes: “Thayer is a multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter that Nashville is lucky to have. A true artist. Her sonic palette knows no boundaries, and her songs pull you in with mystery and wonder.” Kind words indeed. Thank you.

This article, entitled -- Derek Hoke Highlights 10 Country Women You Oughta Be Listening To -- appeared in the magazine B-Sides & Badlands, which is a creative outlet for the influential music critic – Jason Scott – author of the article itself. Scott has contributed to more than a few music pages of considerable note: Paste, Billboard, PopCrush, PopDust, One Country, and Greatist, among others still. Of his side project – B-Sides & Badlands – Scott writes: “There comes a time when you’ve just got to stop allowing yourself to be force-fed by mainstream music.” And elsewhere, concerning B-Sides itself: “It’s not really important to me how many people are reading this: it’s far more gratifying if just one person walks away enlightened about someone else’s life, their struggles, their pain, their art. That’s why I write. And that’s why you should listen.” Other Scott articles we also recently enjoyed are: “Sexism in Music: From Linda Ronstadt to Smoke Season,” as well as "EPs Versus Albums: Artists Struggle to Balance Cost & Creativity.”

Also appearing in Derek Hoke’s curated list of significant female Nashvillians blazing new trails are, proceeding alphabetically: Nicole Atkins, Elizabeth Cook, Lilly Hiatt, Lillie Mae, Becca Mancari, Erin Rae, Caroline Spence, Nora Jane Struthers, and Kelsey Waldon. Many thanks to Derek Hoke. Many thanks to Jason Scott. Many thanks to B-Sides & Badlands for situating Thayer Sarrano amidst her talented peers. We greatly appreciate it.